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Jerome Glasser Wins an A

3 May 2009

Congrats to Jerome Glasser, a 3rd-year law student in the Virginia Law Reader Program Sponsored by Juan Chardiet, Esq
“I’m a-livin’ in a box… I’m a-livin’ in a cardboard box…”

Lyrics to a real, 1987 song entitled: “LIVING IN A BOX” (Vere/Piggot)
Condolences on the death of your spouse;
Now get crackin’ on sellin’ your house;
Oh, you thought you’d [...]

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Intuit Wants to Help You Start Your Tax Practice

30 April 2009

To help stimulate the economy to create new businesses, new jobs, and new clients, Intuit is offering ten “Stimulus Grants” to help accounting and tax professionals start new firms and to help existing firms to expand their practices.
As part of Intuit’s “Power to Get More Done” campaign to support accounting
and tax professionals, Intuit will be [...]

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We Have A Winner!

21 April 2009

We do have a winner in the “Win an ‘A’ in Law School” contest. Stay tuned!

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“Win an A” Contest Deadline Approaching

8 April 2009

If you’re currently a law or paralegal student, don’t forget to enter the “Win an A in Tax Law” contest on taxgirl! You can win some amazing prizes including books, speakers and computer storage. And oh, yeah, an A.
To clarify (since I’ve been asked):

Yes, LLM students can apply.
No, you don’t have [...]

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Law Student Contest Extended

30 March 2009

The annual “How to Win an A in Tax Law” contest was slated to end on Tuesday, March 31. I’ve been asked to extend it – who ends a contest on a Tuesday? – so, since I’m so accommodating, I will.
The NEW deadline is Friday, April 10 at 11:59 p.m. That gives [...]

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taxgirl to Appear on Good Day Philadelphia

25 March 2009

I’m really excited to announce that I’ll be appearing on Good Day Philadelphia (Fox 29) tomorrow! I’m slated to chat about tax. Check your sets around 7:45 a.m. I’ll be the one pretending to be awake.

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We Have Our NeatReceipts Winners!

24 March 2009

Thanks to all who participated in our Neat Company contest! It was a lot of fun. I really encourage you to go back and read all of the comments, they were so well done.
It was difficult to choose our favorites. But with a little help from the folks at the Neat Company, [...]

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It’s the Refund Meme! And This Time, You Can Win Big!

16 March 2009

It’s the refund meme! Here are the questions:

1, If you could do whatever you wanted, how would YOU spend an income tax refund?
2, Is that the same or different from how you actually plan spend it? (Psst, you can say that you’re not getting one – that’s a valid answer.)

And there’s a twist this [...]

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Tax trivia: TV Audit

15 March 2009

We have a winner! See comments!
Our last tax trivia question is (though we’re still waiting for a winner on the other one!):
In what popular TV show does the star of the show get turned into the IRS for audit by a neighbor, who justified it by saying:
But you know he deserved it. Never [...]

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Tax Trivia: Popular questions

13 March 2009

We have a winner! See comments!
Our next tax trivia question is:
In 2008, the most popular topic for both “ask the taxgirl” and search terms on my blog was the tax rebate/stimulus check. What was second (you must be specific)?
Don’t forget: the first correct answer wins free CCH tax prep software.
What’s your guess?

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